Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-26
THE FINGER NAILS.
HOW LADIES MAY KEEP THEIR
HANDS IN GOOD CONDITION..


An Art Easily Practiced II Anybody
Thinks Il Worth Whiie-Seyeral Indis-
Pensabic articles of the Toiiet-Ktd
Gloves at Night.
well known writer, who for nearly half a
century has deserted her own country for
foreign shores, remarked to friend one day {:
"One would know you came straight from
Paris 10y your beautifully kept finger nails. ="
Replied her guest, you ought to know that
came straight from America with nails in this
same condition YOU think peculiar TO Paris
ianS, for this easily acquired habit is almost
as universal among your own cOuntrywomen
and mine with French ladies'
Not only is "A costly box of inn lemerts un-
necessary but, usually, useless: it is much
better 10 buy good file and pair of nail scis-
sors selecting them yourself that the steel
may be without flaws and a good plain but
large, "huffcr" or polisher. Each of these
may cost seventy five cents, but not more
and box of nail powder at twenty five cents
should last Gear, if Il habit is made of spend
ing the ten minutes per diem in this manner
If You can. let a manicure put your nails in
order at first. II You cannot, trim and file
them yourself into a pointed or rounded
shape, aS suits Your fingers, keeping always a
line OF white nail above the pink even at the
corners, or, | should say, particularly at tho
corners, To prevent hang nails. You must
spend a long hour this first time, carefully
loosening all the little folds of skin that sur
round the nails, and clipping and cutting
away shreis OF skin that grow callous
After this, when at your toilet next morn
iirg. III washing the hands use warm water
and brush for the nails: scrub hard and in
DRYING run the selvage edge of the towel under
the nail to clean il. The value Of this last
| suggestion Is inestimahle. Then clean again
with the steel point Of the file, and before the
nail has become dry and harsh pass the sharp,
keen edge of the file one or twice over the
Top, thus cutting away thin shaving every
morning and 50 keeping constantly the de-
! sired length and shape without a weekly cut
ting. Then slip the point of file (or an
| ivory instrument which comes for this our
pose under the fold of skin. Polish on the
soft part OF hand while running down stairs
POLISH THOROUGHLY
During the day polish thoroughly with
buffcr-using powder occasionally only-and
this Is the time to clip off any hang nails or
calIous places with the scissors. and to re-
move loose scraps of skin about the lower
part OF the nail. Remove every trace Of
powder by a good scrubbing with the nail
brush Before retiring, after washing the
hands, polish the nails quickly. This is
enough to keep the nails in perfect order,
but emery paper and liquid to prevent
brlttieneSs are nice additions to the toilet
table
Never scrape the nails in anyway either
inside or outside, and never clean them with
a sharp knife.
1t will not he NAL apropos. here and now,
to speak of the care of the hands themselves.
We who must Use the hard water of our great
| lakes must give more thought and attention
to this than any other women; but the use
of washes and unguents for softening and
whitening the skin, though some of them are
pleasant and agreeable, is as unnecessary as
the much talked of oatmeal IIittens Fancy
| sleeping with ones hands incased in boxing
gloves!
! DO not buy cheap soap and do not use new
soap Old soap of good quality will last
| twice as long rs the new and cheap. and will
save many a box of vaseline or bottle OF
| glycerine The poor article is sure TO roughen
and chafen the skin that the use of an oil
boraN, bottle of vaseline a box of finely
| powdered oatmeal, a smooth pumics stone
and still nail brush should stand reside tie
soap dish on every washstand. With the am
monia and borax 10 soften the water, the oat-
meal to whiten the skin (by occasionally
shaking "A handful into the water one usesI,
the vaseline 10 apply. i'll small quantity,
when some chance has chapped the hands,
tn n,rl,
needle pricks or dirt ground in-by cleaning
| the family machine, for instance-and the
nail brush for a good final scrub. no woman
need have red, rough or hard hands. nor
need she spend all her allowance on costly
| washes.
KID GLOVES AT NIGHT
The wearing of kid gloves at night ia
strongly recommended, not the covering of
the hands with some oily matter and putting
on an old pair of gloves, discarded for street
wear because too much soiled, for ones own
good sense will show the folly of this, but one
has opportunities of buying slightly spotted
or torn gloves very cheap, and clean, fresh
pair of these, two or three sizes larger than
ones usual number, kept for the sole purpose
of wearing at night without one bit OF oils,
will do more to keep the hands in good condi-
ton than gallons of gfycerine.
At first one cannot thisk favornbly of this:
it seems like actual discomfort, but the prac-
tice persisted in soon becomes agreeable. l
have even known the chance mislaying of a
pair of night gloves to cause the owner a
sleepless night. Never wear them after they
become solled or stiff, and always put a pair
of clean hands into them. Many a plain
woman, seeking the secret of making the
best of herself, realizes that exquisite cleanli-
hess is i'll itself powerful charm
The most beautiful hands ever saw were
one of the many charms Of a daily governess.
who, in winter, frequently gave eleven hours
Of lessons per day. She had little time To
spend on their care, yet, as her hands flashed
over the piano in the quick runs OF Chopin's
beautiful waltzes, every eye in the room
found delight in watching them. She was a
Pole, tue daughter of an exiled noble
man, and when one day We begged for
the secret of having such white hands,
such soft skin, such baby pink palms,
she told us that at years old she had
made a vow to her grandmother never to
pass night without gloves on her hands, and
rhat she had never done anything else to care
for them. But all these years. We ex-
claimed, had YOU never forgotten, not
once" With n look of surprise, and with the
simplest faith, she replied: But it was a
vow-we never break avow"-Chicago Her.
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